"But how true that is, I do not know" : the influence of written sources on the medicinal use of fungi across the western borderlands of the former Soviet Union
Prakofjewa, Julia (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica)
Sartori, Matteo (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica)
Kalle, Raivo (Estonian Literary Museum)
Łuczaj, Łukasz (University of Rzeszów. Institute of Biology)
Karbarz, Małgorzata (University of Rzeszów. Institute of Biology)
Mattalia, Giulia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Šarka, Povilas (Botanical Garden of Vilnius University)
Prūse, Baiba (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Athena Institute)
Stryamets, Nataliya (Roztochya Nature Reserve)
Anegg, Martin (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica)
Kuznetsova, Natalia (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Kolosova, Valeria (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica)
Belichenko, Olga (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica)
Aziz, Muhammad Abdul (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica)
Pieroni, Andrea (Tishk International University. Medical Analysis Department)
Sõukand, Renata (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica)

Data:	2024
Resum:	Fungi have been used for medicinal purposes for many centuries. This study, based on 35 historical written sources and 581 in-depth semi-structured interviews from eight countries in the western borderlands of the former Soviet Union, investigates the medicinal use of fungi by local communities. We compared the taxa and uses obtained from fieldwork and historical sources with works that advocated fungi use within Soviet herbals, representing the centralised medical system. During fieldwork, we identified eight locally used fungi and one lichen. The highest numbers of medicinal uses were documented in Russia, Estonia and Ukraine. Studies published before the Soviet era listed 21 fungal taxa and one lichen species used in the study region. However, only six of these taxa were mentioned as used by people in our field studies (Amanitamuscaria, Boletusedulis, Lycoperdon, Morchella, Phallusimpudicus and Cetrariaislandica). Notably, these same six taxa were consistently endorsed in Soviet herbals. Of the remaining three taxa recorded in the fieldwork, none were mentioned in historical written sources. However, they were promoted either in Soviet herbals (Inonotusobliquus, Kombucha) or later popular publications (Cantharelluscibarius). This highlights the significant influence of written sources on the use of fungi for medicinal purposes within the studied local communities.
Ajuts:	European Commission 714874
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Book knowledge ; Eastern Europe ; Ethnomycology ; Fungi ; Herbals ; Historical ethnomycology ; Knowledge circulation ; Lichen ; Local ecological knowledge ; Medicinal fungi
Publicat a:	IMA Fungus, Vol. 15 (August 2024) , art. 22, ISSN 2210-6359

DOI: 10.1186/s43008-024-00156-7
PMID: 39103962

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